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• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Microsoft plugs two zero-days for February Patch Tuesday

  The company corrects active exploits in vulnerable Windows systems, one of which could give the attacker complete control if successful.

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Cisco launches Smart Switches with AMD DPUs for security

  Cisco introduces the Smart Switch series, as enterprises refresh networks in preparation for running AI models and applications.

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Intel loses AI head Justin Hotard to Nokia

  AI and data center chief Justin Hotard will leave Intel to become Nokia's CEO as the company struggles to regain its footing in the data center market.

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  NetApp adds cheaper options to all-flash block storage line

  An early 2025 catalog refresh includes the expansion of the ASA A-Series, adding to its all-flash block storage with NetApp's OnTap storage OS.

• February 10, 2025 10 Feb'25

  DevSecOps platform tucks in API security as AI apps heat up

  Harness merges with its sister company, Traceable, for API security, which has broadening appeal as organizations develop generative and agentic AI applications.

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• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Dynatrace drops dev observability gauntlet for Datadog

  Dynatrace and Datadog both plan to ship live debugging tools as they vie for developer attention in the observability market.

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Dynatrace ups AIOps ante with log analytics refresh

  Updates to Dynatrace CoPilot and log analytics for AIOps prompt users to dump other tools, but migrations can be a challenge.

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  AMD trims delivery time for MI350

  AMD plans to send samples of the rack-scale AI chip to key customers in the current quarter.

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Panzura CloudFS capabilities focus on business continuity

  Panzura's CloudFS hybrid cloud storage platform expands file access speeds and offers a new workload recovery capability without the need for high availability tooling.

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Intel axes Falcon Shores amid market challenges

  Intel decides its limited resources would be better spent on Falcon Shores' successor, Jaguar Shores.

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  HPE-Juniper deal hits DOJ roadblock

  The Department of Justice sues to block the $14 billion deal. HPE and Juniper call its analysis 'substantially disconnected from market realities.'

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  VMware alternative vendors see 2025 as year to make a mark

  Numerous KVM-derived hypervisors are competing to claim the title of VMware alternative among enterprise customers, but actual adoption rates are still a question.

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  CISO enlists agentic AI reinforcements for SecOps

  AI agents are already in the hands of adversaries. One aerospace CISO has begun to use them to augment his SecOps staff and even the score.

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Komprise now blocks PII data from accidental AI ingestion

  Enterprises feeding unstructured data into AI models can avoid security leaks with a new PII data detection and quarantining capability in the Komprise data management platform.

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  EU, U.S. at odds on AI safety regulations

  The U.S. under the new Trump administration changes course on AI safety, in contrast with the EU, as uncertainty lingers about other Biden-era federal cybersecurity efforts.

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  Review and predictions for open source software in 2025

  Sigstore creator, Chainguard CEO, OpenSSF TAC member and Season 1 guest Dan Lorenc returns to review 2024 and make predictions for 2025.

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  Backblaze CEO sees open cloud key to AI innovation

  In this Q&A, Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman discusses how the cloud storage vendor has evolved its object storage platform and how an open cloud benefits AI.

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Cybersecurity expertise gaps: More than meets the eye

  An S&P Global analyst charts the past, present and future of SecOps, where demand continues to outpace the supply of advanced skills.

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process

  Intel Foundry secures defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  Biden order gives CISA software supply chain 'teeth'

  The outgoing administration makes a Hail Mary attempt to salvage work it began in 2021 to require specific software supply chain security information from software suppliers.

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Lenovo to acquire Infinidat as part of growth strategy

  Infinidat's high-end storage offerings fill a Lenovo portfolio gap, but its acquisition winnows the number of storage vendors in the market, according to analysts.

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Cisco AI cybersecurity launch touts shadow AI defense

  Cisco wields the power of incumbency to weave AI security into existing cloud access management tools, including algorithmic validation testing on AI models.

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  NetApp sells Spot business to Flexera for $100M

  Flexera acquires NetApp's cloud management business and products as the storage vendor focuses on a hybrid cloud and AI future.

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  January Patch Tuesday resolves 3 Hyper-V zero-days

  The number of vulnerabilities corrected for January Patch Tuesday is one of the highest in recent memory and includes three Hyper-V vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Rethinking business continuity before the next big IT outage

  For one industry analyst, the most significant gap exposed by the CrowdStrike outage is between IT and business -- not Sec and Ops.

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Third-party VMware support for perpetual licenses growing

  VMware support for perpetual licensed software by Broadcom may be dwindling, but third-party vendors are stepping up to fill the void.

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  Pure Storage, Micron expand QLC NAND partnership

  Micron and Pure focus on hyperscalers and AI workloads by bringing the latest generation of QLC NAND to Pure's storage hardware and software.

• December 26, 2024 26 Dec'24

  HDDs to remain dominant storage footprint in 2025

  HDDs will retain their top storage spot in the new year despite advances in flash, analysts say.

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Platform teams draw on DataOps, MLOps to support GenAI

  GenAI calls for more rigorous data discipline than previous forms of analytics, but there are lessons platform teams can learn from existing approaches.

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  VMware by Broadcom changes to continue in 2025

  After a year of lawsuits, customer confusion and a restructuring of the core business, VMware by Broadcom has much to prove in 2025 to avoid future irrelevancy in the data center.

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  GPU scarcity shifts focus to GPUaaS

  High GPU costs and scarcity drive users to GPUaaS for AI workloads. But businesses should assess needs before investing.

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  AWS, Red Hat hybrid cloud wares court VMware converts

  Broadcom has softened some of its stances on VMware licensing and public cloud, but competitors stay poised to pounce on customers looking to defect.

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Kioxia IPO seeks $800 million

  Kioxia is going public in an effort to better compete with major players in the flash market.

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Broadcom, AT&T settle lawsuit over VMware support

  The companies have 'reached a settlement-in-principle,' but the telecom giant has indicated it's planning an exit from the virtualization platform.

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Last-minute geek gift ideas for the holidays

  Still searching for holiday gifts for geeks? Try these offbeat suggestions recommended by our panel of consultants, from the practical to the fantastic and everything in between.

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Devs get first look at next Google Gemini model

  Google Gemini 2.0 Flash makes its first appearance in Google developer tools, boasting updated multimodal features and fresh training for agentic workflows.

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  December Patch Tuesday shuts down Windows zero-day

  Microsoft addresses 72 vulnerabilities, including 17 rated critical. Administrators should focus on patching the Windows OS to stop a flaw that has been exploited in the wild.

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  StorMagic SvHCI 2.0 eases VM migration

  Six months after the initial release, StorMagic SvHCI is adding features to make it an attractive alternative to VMware at the edge.

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Project Silica takes archive data through the looking glass

  As data grows, so does the need to store it. Microsoft's Project Silica is offering an archive alternative to tape with the promise of permanence.

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Salesforce revamps Heroku PaaS for Kubernetes, .NET

  Thought Heroku was a 2010s artifact? Think again.

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Amazon Q, Bedrock updates make case for cloud in agentic AI

  Amazon and its partners rev their engines in anticipation of agentic AI with updates that challenge the cost and quality claims of self-hosted infrastructure competitors.

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Amazon S3 adds new capabilities for data lakes

  The cloud object storage standard gains capabilities at re:Invent, including metadata generation and a managed table service.

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Arista simplifies switching to its campus network

  Arista says companies can switch to its campus network while holding on to legacy stacked switches.

• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  45Drives adds to high-performance portfolio to embrace AI

  High performance is just one characteristic needed for AI storage; another is bulk storage for data not currently in use. 45Drives is offering customized offerings for both.

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  AWS to offer native VMware service with license portability

  AWS and Broadcom partner again to offer a new, native service within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud using existing VMware Cloud Foundation licenses.

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  HPC, supercomputing share stage with enterprise AI at SC24

  AI's effects on supercomputing helped shift the focus toward enterprise demands at SC24, as vendors -- including Dell and HPE -- showcased new offerings.

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  Court asks AT&T, Broadcom to resolve VMware dispute

  A New York State Supreme Court judge gave AT&T and Broadcom until Dec. 13 to file a settlement, which attorneys say is forthcoming despite recent negotiation spats.

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  WasmCloud makes strides with Wasm component model

  After a stall in 2023, this year's WASI Preview 2 pushed server-side WebAssembly forward, turning heads at companies such as American Express -- but it's far from mainstream use.

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Rethinking 'secure by design' amid slippery SecOps shifts

  An expert discusses the fallout from a CISA report that raised doubts about the last decade's DevSecOps trend, and where the industry goes from here.

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  IT pros revise pipelines for software supply chain security

  Software supply chain security has reached an awkward stage for enterprise IT, as platform and security pros grapple with adding upstream tools to existing workflows.

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Object storage, VM offerings emerge for HPE GreenLake

  HPE aims to attract new customers to its GreenLake ecosystem by launching standalone virtualization software. It also eyes AI ambitions with new object storage hardware.

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Microsoft launches Azure Local for Hybrid Cloud, edge uses

  Along with Azure Local, Microsoft has launched a migration tool for enterprises that want to ditch their VMware by Broadcom VMs.

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Microsoft Ignite sparks third-party storage, backup offers

  A flurry of storage and backup news has emerged around Microsoft Ignite, including from Dell, as it looks to support hybrid cloud customers and establish solid footing with Azure.

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  Storj CEO Winegar: Distributed storage uptake big in 2025

  The new CEO looks to increase enterprise adoption of distributed storage with SOC 2 compliance and new capabilities.

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  MinIO ups object storage ante for AI

  MinIO is making a case for object to be the storage protocol for AI. But one analyst says the market has yet to decide.

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  AI gateways, Kubernetes multi-tenancy loop in LLMOps

  There are many areas of IT infrastructure affected by the emergence of LLMOps; for each, there were products and projects rolled out this week at KubeCon.

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  Intel, Nvidia vie for dominance with agentic AI blueprints

  Rival sets of tools meant to better support AI apps on developer platforms have hit the market as an even bigger wave of change looms in agentic AI.

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  Latest version of Vdura Data Platform aimed at enterprise AI

  Vdura Data Platform version 11 focuses on a microservices-based architecture and composable hardware for performance and capacity, which includes utilizing HDDs.

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  Platform engineers call for cloud-native GenAI updates

  GenAI apps put unprecedented pressure on IT infrastructure management, which has IT pros in the field looking to the open source community for reinforcements.

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  CEO: GenAI changes multi-cloud security, network equation

  Aviatrix CEO Doug Merritt sees generative AI apps forcing a more distributed approach to cloud infrastructure, but he believes it will also help SecOps catch up with threats.

• November 13, 2024 13 Nov'24

  Micron, Solidigm bring new high-capacity SSDs to market

  Micron and Solidigm are launching new high-density SSDs that add to a growing market. AI workloads and hyperscalers are driving the demand.

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Microsoft halts 2 zero-days on November Patch Tuesday

  The company addressed 88 vulnerabilities, including an Exchange Server spoofing flaw and a significant number of SQL Server bugs, this month.

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  OpenShift AI boosts LLMOps chops with Neural Magic deal

  The acquisition of a top contributor to an open source library already linked to OpenShift AI comes as LLMOps fundamentally alters the platform engineering scene.

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Lines blur between enterprise SecOps and cyberdefense

  One expert predicts AI will ultimately benefit attackers more than defenders and, instead, urges businesses to take a page out of military and government cyberdefense handbooks.

• November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24

  NetApp expands flash and hybrid arrays for edge and AI apps

  NetApp aims new storage arrays at the mid-market and drops Astra data management into Trident.

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  CHIPS Act expected to survive, change under Trump

  Changes to the Biden administration's application guidelines for the CHIPS Act, some of which Republicans fought against, are likely.

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  Tintri VMstore adds CSI support for Kubernetes

  Tintri has added a container storage interface to its VMstore offering, a move that provides customers with management and metrics for Kubernetes and has been years in the making.

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Google DORA issues platform engineering caveats

  As with generative AI, the same techniques that can boost enterprise developer productivity can also slow and destabilize overall software delivery.

• November 06, 2024 06 Nov'24

  Pure offers fully managed VMware migration to Azure

  Pure Storage is looking for ways to differentiate its offerings in hybrid environments. A key use case: data migration, according to one analyst.

• November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24

  Broadcom unveils AI, networking features for VCF

  Broadcom solidifies VMware Cloud Foundation's shift with a focus on AI and services, but experts wonder about future R&D.

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  MinIO ups performance for Arm

  Different processors and different storage vendors look for ways to optimize themselves for AI workloads. Here one builds off another, amplifying benefits for customers.

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  IBM Apptio preps FinOps link with Terraform via GitHub

  IBM drops another hint about its plans for HashiCorp with a shift-left FinOps integration in private beta, while tie-ins with Red Hat remain an open question.

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  Could SBOMs save lives? SecOps in critical infrastructure

  'We live in glass houses,' said a seasoned cybersecurity expert of the U.S. water supply, healthcare and other lifeline services. 'And people are about to start throwing rocks.'

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  Intel beats expectations, but AI chip Gaudi disappoints

  The overall uptake of Gaudi has been slower than the company anticipated.

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  Panzura CloudFS expands cloud data tiering and VM migrations

  Panzura leans further into data management with its latest CloudFS data management capabilities, but still has distance to close with the competition.

• October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24

  Liquid cooling's moment comes courtesy of AI

  GPUs for AI workloads are driving up power demand and consumption. Liquid cooling companies are trying to address this issue with a growing and diverse arsenal.

• October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24

  Broadcom adds services to basic VMware subscriptions

  These changes might be moot if Broadcom remains focused on its largest customers, according to one expert.

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  Scality aims to build speed for object storage with Ring XP

  Scality's Ring XP utilizes all-flash storage hardware with a stripped-down software-defined storage platform. The service brings fast access times for object storage on-premises.

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  Cisco launches integrated AI infrastructure 'Pods'

  In addition to Pods, Cisco launched its first UCS server dedicated to running AI workloads on GPUs.

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  Microsoft, Google feud heats up with 'astroturfing' accusation

  After Google filed a complaint with the EU about Microsoft's cloud practices, Microsoft accused Google of funding shadow campaigns to hurt its business.

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  GitHub Copilot Autofix expands as AI snags software delivery

  GitHub Copilot Autofix could help vulnerability management keep pace as the volume of AI-generated code swamps delivery processes, but can AI be trusted to rein in AI?

• October 25, 2024 25 Oct'24

  Relearning past lessons in assessing cloud risk

  Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it -- even when that history is only about a decade or two old, according to one security analyst in this podcast episode.

• October 24, 2024 24 Oct'24

  Linkerd stable release paywall worked, Buoyant CEO says

  Buoyant's CEO urged other CNCF projects to follow Linkerd's lead in holding back stable releases for paying customers, but analysts don't echo that recommendation.

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Dell PowerMax uses AI for storage performance, efficiency

  Dell PowerMax 10.2 uses the company's AI to optimize dynamic cache, while also building out data protection and using Apex's multi-cloud features.

• October 21, 2024 21 Oct'24

  Security observability, AI require data hygiene in DevSecOps

  Sound data management is the heart of observability for security, which guides DevSecOps practices and determines the usefulness of AI apps, New Relic CISO says.

• October 21, 2024 21 Oct'24

  AI agents a new focus for backup and storage vendors

  The next big generative AI gambit for enterprise IT vendors lies in AI agents, which storage and data protection vendors see as an opportunity to offer new services.

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  HashiCorp Vault scalability updates target big enterprises

  HashiCorp Vault 1.18 updates make it more suited to large companies, which the vendor is courting with a lighter cloud migration push than with Terraform.

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  Western Digital begins to ship 32 TB HDDs

  WD has jumped up to higher densities in its HDD line, shipping 32 TB SMR and 26 TB CMR drives as drop-in replacements to bring higher capacities to clouds and OEMs.

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  HashiCorp CTO talks AI strategy, Ansible tie-ins, FedRAMP

  In a Q&A to wrap up HashiConf, the company's co-founder and CTO gave his outlook on HashiCorp's approach to AI, configuration management and cloud compliance.

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Intel, AMD form x86 group in effort to combat Arm

  Intel and AMD are joining forces to retain market share and create seamless interoperability across hardware and software platforms.

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Terraform Stacks, HCP Waypoint prompt migration questions

  HashiCorp fends off challengers that sell ease of use with fresh infrastructure-as-code abstraction, while Terraform users grapple with a potential move to cloud-first services.

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Broadcom, AT&T explore settling VMware pricing dispute

  The two companies could settle a lawsuit related to a two-year extension for VMware support services. AT&T filed its complaint in August claiming breach of contract.

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  SecOps from the IT infrastructure operations perspective

  The CrowdStrike outage capped a decade of deepening divide between SecOps and the rest of IT ops -- and should bring about its end, according to one industry veteran.

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Buildkite: CI/CD pipelines still a job for app developers

  In an era of platform engineering, Buildkite and its high-scale users maintain that CI/CD pipelines and testing should remain the purview of app developer teams.

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Data center providers design for severe weather surge

  Data center providers are investing in resilient infrastructure and redundant power to prevent extreme weather-related outages that can cause serious financial loss to customers.

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Dell expands AI Factory with new AMD servers

  Dell adds to its AI Factory, extending its services and hardware to cover new AMD-based servers in its push to provide ways to run AI workloads on premises.

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Atlassian 'cloud-first' becomes 'enterprise-first'

  Atlassian's tune has changed in the past few months, as the company builds bridges to Data Center products and works on FedRAMP cloud compliance.

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Microsoft repairs 2 zero-days on October Patch Tuesday

  Administrators will have to tackle 117 new vulnerabilities, including three rated critical, in this month's batch of security updates.

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  Microsoft security overhaul offers blueprint for SecOps

  Better late than never: Microsoft lags major cloud competitors in making security a top priority. But other enterprises might learn from how the company is catching up.

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  Vast Data unveils Cosmos in a push to advance enterprise AI

  Vast Data held its Cosmos event, which helped solidify the direction the company is headed and highlighted its community to support AI in the enterprise.